Daily Republican., 1887-06-21
The wilmington inst,tute Debt

Inc wilmington Institute Debt,
There does not seem 10 be that Eter.
est taken In the effort to obliterate the
debt IN the Wilmington Institute that
Its importance demands. Dat Of four
hundred Invitations sent out for per.
sons interested In the success OF the In.
sutu,e, only aboas thirty.fve respon.
ded 10 the call to meet In Mr.. Job III j..
Jackson's psrlors las; night. There
were enough, however, to set on foo. 4
project to pay the mortgage and place
the Institute upon q fairer and m ore
useful footing, and We sincerely hoye
that the movement will not lag uutil
Its purposes are accomplished. Several
practic al suggestions were N Ade q re.
gard to the failure OF the Institute, oil
looking in the direction OF building 1t
up and making II more useful.
The suggestion to put the fee for
mem bership and use OF the library by
Mr.. Head, and also by DR.. Nir On,
within the rea,h OF ali WAS q good one.
1. Is better to have one thoussn !,
mem bers paging fee OF one dell Z
each, thsa 70 have two hundred anu
f'ty man oers paying four dollars a.
piece, In .erests more and spTeads the
advantages Of the library amengs,
those who need its tentfi cial tnf aea ces
the most LAss nights meeting por-
tends uccess. There are people OF
means In Wilmington who only need 10
bs appealed 70 before the need ed aid
Will come. IL Is not creditable to .
city like WILMINGTON that her prsn ci-
pal library sheuld be involved In fran.
eial en- ,Arrassmsnt. No institution
OF this kind can expect to be prosper
Gus that kss nearly all It's receipts
to pay the Interest on its mortgages.
The friends o. the Institute are row
taking the right course They are aole
to pay Oft the dekt and they intend to
do l..
The four thousand dollars subscribed
last night for this purpose by the fe "
who met In Mr.. Jackson's pArlors Is an
important step GU. In the right diree-
ton, and now while the ques ION IL az.
tAted the com ni.tee In charae should
make hay vlila the sun Shines"
THE NUMEROUS train robberies
that have taken place aud the ease with
which such during ez PLOTS are accom-
pltshed, make trsv log by rail abo !,
rs d an gerous rs the old mode OF travel.
Ing By stage coach. Whether o train
or . stage coach Is robbed the passen.
gers in either case are completely a. the
mercy OF the robbers. Il IL ooly Q
mater OF numbers in the case OF a
train and Of catching the train q, q
stAndstil. The latest train robbery re-
ported was down Ia Texas and wat
particularly bold aud daring. The en-.
glue was invaded by armed men when
stopped IL village of several thousand
inhs1itAn's, and OF the point OF ptg.
tol The eng. neer was compelled to pro.
ces anHi p,a2a was reached where
si'en o: eist; men, armed With Win
c17atet III = we're in waiting. Then
tn robbers had everything theIr own
way, mes. II the passengers teIpg as
ieep anal s-ked to give 10 their money
ana Vataa9les. TIE thieves could no,
help making riot haul. How to pre-.
vent these roob-rla- IL question not
easily answered, b1t 1t Is evident til Ut
II tuese things continue a special polioe
iorce Tor every train will have to be
provided, or else people will have Co
give over travelling.
WHY DO the Democrsts no. nm so-
ueoVer eveland TOR waving the blood =
shirt? 10 all the bloody shirt issues
that have appeared on the Republican
side there have been none to com mare
with the vigor with which CLEVELAND
shakes II.
DAVID B HILLS, smiled and Ia said
to have tsesrspaed thanks, sw,ully,'
when he heard OF the rebel flag Incl.
dent.